The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-03-24
A CONSCIENCE STILL.

$50 George Burton,s had a bit of
good .uck," said Martha Hale. We
hundre and fifty dollars from that old
au.t his who died last week. Well.
It'll aelp him 10 pay OF his scores and
get fair start"
scores, indeed r. said Mrs. Hale,
who. with her daughter MAGGIE. was
busted about the supper. 50 Why. the
first thing Mrs Burton did was to g,
and buy baby wagon. Probably she'll
want one for herself next " she aided
with laugh Think of h setting up
with baby wagon"
1.-The baby's sickly. mother" said
Maggie, an too big for little Nellie
Mrs. Burton wishing for a wagon for the
baby"
..Theyre as delighted as II :h.. money
were twenty times as much continued
her n other :. It isn't much to be proud
of-two hundred ana fifty do rs"
much" said Martin with sign. We're
owing two months rent ", and what
I made down at the furnaces won't go
far, to ay nothing of the unpaid Srocer's
bill. think G orge is In G o lucs.'
They had always been cd nei: hbors,
the Haies and Buttons. The mel
worked at the same iron mills, and were
o:tr happened tuat worl was SLACK
o ev n at StandstIll, and q ;nOse
WHO ere turIe off had to Re idle or
look for i,b a he fu,naces, ore
thirty miles up the +. lro IT,.
B IN Haze and B;I. ton h;tei st ie-
turned from g of these eSpedit ons-
the Iatt to claim the g ~ oG ash" that
hal betallel uim, d d tIc former to
rep ne that 40 such luck Yer came to
hinSe. (.
Alb t. wee after this, Mar. n Hale,
on mis- W.. no H.. from rk owe tooa
Geor2 bGr.o !, W o lad paus"u out | ~
the window of one Of those j stor :
wher a.,loot ever lhin5 cal be
bought
He was looking at a girls jacket Of
dark cloth, neatly trimmed.
"Thirk rg of buying your wife a
diamond ri;Ir, George?H said Martin,
stopping beside him.
Not vet hi;e," he replied cool
humored s' l was looking at that
little alta nod ing towards the
jacket and thinking ould like to
buy il or HI y. if it isa't too dear. I
know She needs something warm for
Winter, and to-mor ow's her brit day"
"SuI p Sc you go in and ask the price?'
The two step ed into the Stort where
Burton b u. he jacket.
You're -pendin- your fortune retty
freely, Gre, r e, remarked Hale.
Well. US in this instance but you
see Xii tvs seventeen to-ii orrow, aud
girls lii e to be nicely dresse :. Be ides.
I've cared off my little Il BITS, and II Is
fifty dollars that's left goes into he
bank to m, rr,A."
The s., eswoman, anxious 10 ge a
mucn q poss bic out of her ,ustomer,
produced some WOODEN socks, and Bur
ton In examining hem, laid his pocket
for ytarn r
lily covere ty he goods.
Concludi G OF to pun chase the ocks,
he took UP the parcel containing tn
jacket, al w never tt ough. OF is
money, left til shop.
Martin Hale t ok Burton'5 pocket
book from under the goo s, uns cen by
the saleswoman, y no had turned to O.
place the things on the shelf.
II will give him little scare,
he thought 1.-THE lesson won't hurt
him."
When Burton reached his own d. OF
and pat sed to wish his companion good
night, the Ia ter raised his hand to his
thought whisp red to him. Burton had
not missed the rne ney; Burton would
never suspect him. AID while he hest
tated, his co npanion had gone into the
aouse and closed the door.
:. III give il t. him to-moEgow-5e s
cerIdluly LO-nOTTON, Sdlu N !1Dln &c
himself, land explain hat it was joke
He will sea that none of the money Is
missing
But next morning, when q one, he
opened the pocket-book, just to Sc thai
the money was there all safe.
He counted it out-eXactly fifty dol
lars. With that amount he could cleal
off his score, and pay the owing rent
and it happened that just at this
time Martin Hale was more in need O.
money than evtr lie had been in his
lie. He had mad but little the pas
Summer. nd Winter was coming will
It's II anifold needs.
The loss II his money seemed a turn
ing-point 10 George Bun toms "goot
luck" Next day his thildren v ere take
with the measles, and doctor had to b,
called in.
One little domestic trouble afte
another csme upon him, and at last b.
received his dismissal ffom the irol
wo. k, W ere there were, the boss
exclaimed, NOR workmen employ ed thai
were necessary.
The same fate befell Martin Hale
and as ne walked gloomily homewar'
70 Thought of the fifty dollars lying il
SCR. place where he had hidden tn
s..,',-i. ,ok. Neve once az in had b
ohed At and OF o da had pa Sc
t inc h d not hrunk from The hough
of it ard from the sense OF his ow
gu and yet ty strangs irconsi
tency. he cou d not Lrdng himself PAL
wit. IL money.
a haunting dread of poverty and war
nipt d HIN to keep It, and people VIII
i..,ticed at he was changed, tn It
Nd become nervous and III. rose. al